Men’s Retreats
What to Expect
Camp Arcadia offers two different men’s retreats each season: the Lutheran Laymen League (LLL) Men’s Retreat and the Arcadia Men’s Retreat. The LLL Retreat is open to non-church workers only, while the Arcadia Men’s Retreat is open to all. Check out the sample schedules attached below for an idea of the flow of each weekend.
Men's Retreats
Join the Lutheran Laymen’s League (LLL) for a weekend of spiritual growth, fellowship, relaxation and recreation. The theme of this year’s retreat is “Unity in Christ.”
Rev. David Davis is the President of the Michigan District of the
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Faith in a Secular Age: Examining the Changes Impacting Us
We’re confronted at every turn with the narrative of decline, the rise of the nones, the constant refrain to pastors, lay leaders and congregation members that “the world is changing.” But the most fundamental challenge facing the church today is that God is no longer an assumed reality. How might the church and the role of faith shift when belief in God is optional? What is faith in a secular age? And how can we help form it in our churches and families?
Andrew Root is the Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, USA. He writes and researches in areas of theology, ministry, culture and younger generations.
His most recent books are Churches and the Crisis of Decline (Baker, 2022), The Congregation in a Secular Age (Baker, 2021), The End of Youth Ministry? (Baker, 2020), The Pastor in a Secular Age: Ministry to People Who No Longer Need God (Baker, 2019), Faith Formation in a Secular Age (Baker, 2017), and Exploding Stars, Dead Dinosaurs, and Zombies: Youth Ministry in the Age of Science (Fortress Press, 2018).
Rev. Gabe Kasper is Lead Pastor of University Lutheran Chapel in Ann Arbor, MI.